Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-01-14
THE u GISLATURE
"A Complete List Of the Members of
Both Houses, Their Life and
Public Services.
The Average Age Of the Council
Members AZ Years, House Mem
bers 40 Ye,,rs.

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Members AZ Years, House Mem
bers 40 Years.
There are 80 Farmers, 18 Lawyers
and 20 of Other Occupations in
the Legislature.
COUNCIL MEMBERS. s
E. c. ERICSSON, .a
of Elk Point, Union county, the member
for the First district, was born in Finspong,
Sweden, August 81, 1856. His father died
when he was three years Of age. Six years
later with his mother and brother, he
came to New York city where he lived
about ten years and then removed to Da-
kota. He was left behind to pursue his
studies in the college Of the city Of New
York where he completed the Sophomore
year. He then came to Dakota and taught
School successfully for several years. Eight
years ago, he began the study of law with
Alex. Hughes, then in Elk Point, and two
years later was, admitted to the bar. He
was elected superintendent of schools for
Union county in 1880. His close applica-
secured him very l,rge and lucrative
practice in his section.
ELLISON G. SMITH,
of Yankton, Yankton county, Second dis
trict, was born in Ohio in 1851. He was
educated in Iowa from which state he came
o Dakota in 1874. He has served as dis
trict attorney, reporter of the supreme
court and is one of the prominent lawyers
of South Dakota.
TAYLOR O. BOGERT,
of Scotland, Bon Homme county, Third
district, was born in Jefferson county, N.
Y, in 1851. He came to Dakota six years
ago from his native state. He has held no
Office previously, but is an active member
of the Dakota state senate. He is at pres
ent engaged in the banking business and
is also an attorney.
MELVIN GRIGsBY,
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, Fourth
district, was born at Cotosi, Wis.,, in 1916.
He has been in the territory fourteen
years, leaving his native state in 1872. He
is a lawyer by profession, and has fam
lily. He served three and One-half years in
the war, being member of the Second
Wisconsin cavalry. He has been an alder
man of the city Of Sioux Falls, and was a
member of the first constitutional conven-
tiOn of Dakota.
JOHN d. LAWLER,
of Mitchell, Dawson county, Fifth dis
trict, is 80 years of age and native of
New York state. He came to Dakota in
1882 from Wisconsin, where he had lived
twenty-five years. He has never held any
public office before. He is the president of
bank III Mitchell. He is strong demo-
crat, and was married during the past
year to Miss Ella Sturgis, daughter of Gen.
Sturgis, U. S. A., now retired.
THOMAS NJ. MARTIN,
of Madison, Lake county, Sixth district,
was born at Ashfield, Mass. in 1889. He
came to the territory from Wisconsin in
1883. He has never held any public Office
of Importance previously. His business
pursuit in the territory has been stock
raising.
G. A. MATTHEW'S,
of Brookings county, Seventh district, was
born in Pottsville. st. Lawrence county,
N. Y, in 1852. When he was 1S years of
age his parents moved to Fayette county,
Iowa. His early days were spent on a
farm until after he finished his education.
In 1874 he graduated with high rank from
the Upper Iowa university, at Fayette, and
in the fall of 1876 he was elected superin-
tendent of schools for Fayette county,
which position he held for one term, when
he entered the law department of the state
university, at Iowa City, from which he
graduated in 1878. In the early spring of
1879 he came to Brookings county and en-
gagged in the law and land business. In
1880 he, in company with G. w. Hopp,
started the first newspaper in Kingsbury
county, known as the Kingsbury County
News. The legislature of 1883 made him a
member of the capital commission. In
1884 he was appointed district attorney for
the Fifth judicial district, comprising
twenty-three countries in central Dakota
This position he held until the law prOvid-
ing prosecuting attorney for each county
was enacted.
JOHN CAIN,
of Huron, Beadle county, Eighth district,
was born in Canada, May 25, 1856. He has
been a resident of Dakota for seven years;
was postmaster at Huron from 1880 to 1885,
secretary Of the constitutional convention
Of 1885 and is SenatOr-elect to the So-called
state legislature. He is an attorney and
has large practice in Huron and was
until recently one OF the publishers of the
Huron Times.
-5.-s EVERETT W. FOSTER,
OF Frankfort. Sphinx county, Ninth district,
was born at Belchertown, Mass, March II,
1885. When he was IL years old his par
ents moved to Wisconsin and two years
later to Ohio. He was here schoolmate
of the late President Garfield, with whom
he was on intimate terms of friendship up
to the time of the latters death. In 1854
Mr.. Foster came to Illinois, where he en-
gagged in teaching for three years and also
attended Knox college. In 1857 he moved
to Minnesota and was engaged upon the
public surveys. He was auditor of Waba-
sha county in 1850. In 1861 he raised a
company of soldiers and was elected its
captain. The regiment saw much fighting
and in July, 1862, was obliged to surrender.
They were kept prisoners until November,
when they were exchanged. Mr.. Foster
was made major and later lieutenant colo
mel of the regiment In 1866 he went to
Arkansas and went to cotton planting. He
was appointed surveyor general of Louisi-
ena and dwelt several years at New Or
leans. He settled in Sphinx county in 1879
and has been engaged in the farm imple-
ment business aside from managing his
farm. -
EDWARD THOMPSON SHELDON,